Employee benefits, particularly welfare benefits, are increasingly disputed in claims and in litigation.  The panelists will discuss strategies for reducing litigation and other risks associated with the design and administration of employee benefit plans through careful drafting of plan documents, summary plan descriptions and other employee communications.

TOPICS:    

• What Controls – the Plan or SPD?     
• Assuring Deferential Review by a Court
• Effective Subrogation and Reimbursement Clauses
• Ensuring Amendments are Effective
• May the Plan Impose a Statute of Limitations?
• Excluding Leased Employees and Independent Contractors

Moderator: 

Phyllis Borzi, O’Donoghue & O’Donoghue LLP, Washington, DC

Speakers: 

T. David Cowart, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX

Steve Spencer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius,  Washington,  DC

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